In this life we experience "thorn and flower," grief and joy; and the past
becomes mercifully shaded as time goes on, otherwise the retrospect would
be intolerable. But hereafter all shadow on what has happened will be
removed, and all will be "clear from marge to marge;" and the five years
of earthly friendship will be the "richest field" in the "eternal
landscape."
Yet this would be a limited range for Love, which ought to extend without
any circumscription,
"A rosy warmth from marge to marge,"
its expansion interminable.